Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-02-24

OF Tenth and n streets. inspector, IhOS
Stevens; Judges, S. J. Jackson, Thomas w
/ O'Neil. Four-and-a-half Precinct-Poll.
Se7enteenth and n streets. Inspector
George Murray; Judges, J. F. Richardson
w. A. DeShields.
The Assembly Investigation.
The Assembly committee engaged in the
investigation of alleged crookedness among
the clerks of that body. and which. in
turn, E. ]. Smith has charged upon the
part of persons in higher places. resumed
| operations yesterday forenoon in the As
sembly chamber.
L. ]. Smith took the stand again, and,
having produced the telegram he sent to
Buckley, explained the reason for his
sending it by saying that Buckley had
asked him to do what he could for the bill
providing for the payment of Aurelia Pfeif-
fer for water right appropriated for State
| institution in Berkeley. He said he had
informed Buckley that if the bill should
become law Controller Dunn would not
draw a warrant for its payment as the
claim had not been presented to the Board
of Examiners for months previous to the
meeting of the Legislature. Witness had
gone to the State Library and looked up
some fifteen authorities for Buckley on this
point, and Buckley had promised to give
him $50 for this. 1t was to the payment of
this the dispatch alluded. Witness said he
intended to harm the bill by telling men,
| bers about the provisions of the law re-
| ferred to, which were against it.
| Shaen denied that he had conversed with
Smith about advancing either the insur-
| ance or sidewalk bills, and that Mann had
| never asked him to have bill advanced.
Assemblyman Henry of Butte, who had
come under Smiths exposure" explained
| to the committee about his case, and said
that when he mentioned fixing" Smith.
he told him that if the bill referred to as
having too much attention from him was
fooled with, he would Fix" him. II was
only this, and nothing moreno metallic
fixing intended.
w. P. Higgins, the political manipulation,
testified in his own behalf, and denied
that he asked Smith to destroy the mutt
lated files. Smith insisted upon his state
ment, and asked the witness several ques-
tons, and leaving the matter one of deli
cate veracity between them. AT noon the
investigation was adjourned until evening.
but as the Assembly was in session last
evening no further proceedings were held.
THR Translate Tuesday night and
early yesterday morning there was such a
fall of snow north of Edgewood. on the
California and Oregon Railroad, that the
passenger train coming down from Mon
tague got stalled about three miles above
Edgewood, and subsequently about one
and one-half miles nearer that station, and
could not get clear until so late in the day
that the train due here yesterday afternoon
will not get in until about $50 this morn
ing. "A special train from Lathrop about
4 P. NJ. yesterday brought delayed passen-
gers from the south, who had been unable
to connect with the regular train for Sacra-
mento...... The west bound overland express
will probably be three or four hours late in
its arrival this morning, owing to troub e
east of Truckee.
BROUGHT DowN.-Locomot 1913 and
IS, which were crushed by the falling of a
section of snow-shed upon them at Tama-
rack last Sunday night, were brought here
yesterday morning for repairs. The dam
age is confined almost exclusively to their
cabs, smokestacks and pilots. Several car
loads of sheep that were on the train to
which the accident occurred also arrived
here yesterday. Some of the cars were dis
abled by the accident, and the sheep had to
be transferred to other cars. Their fright
had made many of them crazy, and they
charged the train men furiously. and then
scattered and ran like greyhounds up and
down the snow-sheds, defying capture for
long time.
OK HABEAs CoRPUs.-The case of John
A Golfer, recently held to answer in Wood
land for conspiracy to defraud, came up for
hearing before Judge Armstrong in Depart
ment One of the Superior Court yesterday
afternoon. Messrs. Ferral and Van Arnold,
of San Francisco, appeared for the petit
toner, and District Attorney Sprague and
R. Clark, of Woodland, for the people
After some argument, the Court decided to
have the evidence taken at the examina-
ton read, and, as that had not been COM
pleted at 1880 P. NJ, the case went over
until this morning.
Nor APPREcIATED-Ye sterday morning
when the Sacramento and Placerville train
was coming into the city the engineer saw
a man lying asleep by the side of the track
near Sixteenth street, with his head against
the rail. The train was stopped, but its
approach had not aroused the sleeper who
was thereupon rolled into the dry ditch
alongside the track. That broke his siumber,
and as long as the train was within earShot
he could be heard inveighing with many
an oath against the bloody monopoly"
and all connected with it.
THE SMALL-Pox.-The Secretary of the
Board of Health stated yesterday, in re-
Spouse to inquiry, that there had not been
any new cases of small pox in Los Angeles
during the previous twenty four hours
There had been thirteen cases there alto
gether, and one at Pasadena. The latter
died, as did two of those at Los Angeles
The majority of the cases were of light
character, but that, of course, cuts no fig
ure as regards the danger of contagion.
AUCTION SALE OF PAINTINGs-Bell &
Co. will sell at their salesroom, No. 927 K
street, at 2 and 7 P. NJ. to-day, consign-
meut of oil paintings, from the Keller
Gallery, San Francisco, all by well-known
artists. Included are two of SCOTS exhi-
bitten marine paintings, valued at $500,
and the entire number constitute better
collection than any previous consignment
to this firm.
ANNUAL MAsQUERADE-Th knights of
Sherwood Forest, A. o. F., will give their
first annual masquerade hall at Turner
Hall on Wednesday evening, March 23d,
and expect to make it one of the notable
events of the season.